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LibriVox recording of Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by Martin Geeson
“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”
What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue.
In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the complex social life of dogs, and meditates in several essays upon the experience of reading literature and writing it. Perhaps his most personal passages concern death and mortality. Here we meet him at his most undogmatically optimistic, as he affirms a wholesome faith in “the liveableness of Life”.
(Summary by Martin Geeson)
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Robert Louis Stevenson
Date: 2009-12-26
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: essays; stevenson; audiobooks; librivox;
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| 01 - On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places |
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| 02 - An Apology for Idlers |
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| 03 - Aes Triplex |
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| 04 - Talk and Talkers, part one |
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| 05 - Talk and Talkers, part two |
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21.4 MB
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| 06 - A Gossip on Romance |
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| 07 - The Character of Dogs |
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| 08 - A College Magazine |
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| 09 - Books Which Have Influenced Me |
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| 10 - Pulvis et Umbra |
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